Common vitamin “stops cancer in its tracks”

If cancer patients only knew how to use natural remedies to treat and prevent tumors, but their doctors show little interest. Take, for example, vitamin C. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine report that cancer cells require a protein called hypoxia inducing factor-1 (HIF-1) for their survival. Cancer cells grow so fast that circulation cannot supply enough oxygen. Cancerous tissues are characterized as being hypoxic, that is, without oxygen. HIF-1 helps oxygen-deprived tumor cells adapt and create energy from sugars, which keeps them alive. Free radicals (oxidizers) are required to trigger the production of HIF-1. Antioxidants, like vitamin C, remove the free radicals, stop the production of HIF-1 and “stops the tumor in its tracks.” Source: Cancer Cell 12: 230-38, Sept. 2007. To learn more about vitamin C and hypoxia-inducing factor, read You Don’t Have To Be Afraid of Cancer Anymore.